Excavation & Footers

Brandon Ray of Ray's Tree Service provides professional land and lot grading including digging foundation footers for folks in Spruce Pine, Banner Elk, Linville, Avery county and Mitchell county in western North Carolina.

Footings are foundations structures used to support buildings, bridges, and other structures by spreading the load so that the heavy structure above doesn't sink or collapse. Footing excavation occurs after a building site has been properly graded, at which point excavation can begin.

Most excavation work requires heavy machinery, which means that it’s challenging for property owners to take a DIY approach for land excavation and grading. Residential excavation costs are affected by many factors, such as the type of equipment required, the amount of work that needs to be completed, and which contractor you choose to hire.

As you are looking at the expenses for grading and excavating, remember that these costs aren’t optional. Your lot needs to be carefully prepared before undertaking any project. Working on the property and the land ensures that you have a solid base for the foundation of a building or other landscaping needs that will be followed.

How the excavation of a continuous footer will be approached depends largely on the soil conditions. Cohesive soils such as clays or silts which aren’t particularly high in moisture, typically can be ‘sculpted’ by the bucket of the excavator.

How the excavation of a continuous footer will be approached depends largely on the soil conditions. Cohesive soils such as clays or silts which aren’t particularly high in moisture, typically can be ‘sculpted’ by the bucket of the excavator.